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Persephone sits on a window ledge outside the Shard as the party-goers inside count down the New Year. It has been a year since she met Lucifer and her involvement with the gods began. Amaterasu joins her, having missed her company at both her birthday and Christmas. They kiss.

Persephone is woken up by Minerva, who finds her in Baal's bed with Sakhmet after a night of drunken revelry. She warns her not to hurt Baal, and asks her to be kind like Inanna was. Persephone slams the door in her face.

As she leaves the building later that day, she is confronted by a horde of fans, who ask her how she wants to be addressed. She responds, "The Destroyer".

Persephone arrives at the now abandoned Valhalla, where she is greeted by the Norns, who are attempting to work out exactly what Woden's machine does. Woden arrives with his Valkyries, and Urdr produces the bomb he sent to Persephone's gig, questioning the true extent of his involvement with Ananke. Woden, disliking the threatening direction this is turning in, sends Urdr footage of Persephone murdering Ananke, and promises to release it if they attempt to harm him. Persephone does not take this well, and moves to kill him. The issue ends on a title card reading "Tempting Fate, 1 January 2015".